San Francisco March 2010

Sabrina is a terrific traveler! Mom (Nana) and I just returned today from San Francisco, CA where we visited (Aunt) Ashley along with Joan, Kathleen, Rootie, Dante, and Ellora while touring around the Bay and the City. Sabrina was incredible. She usually slept in the car, she was a delight when she was awake, and she slept wonderfully in her little travel bed. She smiles almost every time you look at her and she outright laughs whenever Mom (Nana) (or Kathleen!) looks at her. She had one small crying session on the flight out there but squats and swaying at the back of the plane put her back to sleep. On the flight home (a very early morning flight) she was awake all through the airport, but fell asleep as soon as we sat on the plane and I woke her up for the first time to nurse her as we were landing. She slept soundly the entire flight. What a trooper! As for the rest of the time, she made Ashley and Nana earn their stripes on a particularly sad trip from Stanford Shopping Center up to Joan's house in Portola Valley...we decided that she just HATES traffic, and...she's right. It was about a half an hour of torture for Ash and Nana who tried everything they could think of to help. Turned out she just wanted out of the car.
Then she graced us all with a crying concert for about 15 minutes while driving from Ellora's house in the Presidio down to dinner. Other than that, she really didn't cry. It was amazing! We thought overstimulation might be a serious concern on this trip but she proved to be able to handle almost everything we threw her way.
We had great hosts (Joan and Ash/Dante and even Ellora for a bit) who all provided us with a Fit Ball when needed. It's still Sabrina's favorite. Ashley got Sabrina to take a pacifier twice in the car when she was getting a little fussy, so I've decided I just need Ashley to be in the back of my car at all times. Somehow, I think that's going to be difficult to swing, but I'm still working on it.
Here are some photos from the week. I'm feeling incredibly lucky right now to have such a fun travel buddy. Next trip, Cabo San Lucas! and this time we're bringing Brent! We missed him way too much.